Dixerat. ille Iovis monitis immota tenebat
She had spoken. He was holding his eyes unmoved
lumina et obnixus curam sub corde premebat.
On account of the warnings of Jupiter and having struggled, was pressing his concern beneath his heart.
tandem pauca refert: ‘ego te, quae plurima fando
Finally he says a few words: “ Queen, I shall never deny that you deserve, whatever many things you are able to list by speaking.
enumerare vales, numquam, regina, negabo promeritam, nec me meminisse pigebit Elissae
nor will it displease me to remember Elissa
dum memor ipse mei, dum spiritus hos regit artus.
While I am mindful of myself, while breath controls these limbs.
pro re pauca loquar. neque ego hanc abscondere furto
on behalf of my case I shall say a few things. I neither hoped to hide this flight by stealth